Sasanian Empire

442, Lot: 868. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (25mm, 4.08 g, 3h). Mint I ("Ctesiphon"). Phase 1b or c, circa AD 244-259. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS Type IIc/1a, Style A, Groupe indéterminé; Sunrise –. VF, toned, minor deposits on reverse, slightly crystallized surfaces.

Bought from Spink, 1987. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCV.6 (July 1987), no. 4240.

This represents another specialised field of study which is peripheral to this collection, but a representative sample of coins of Šābuhr (Shahpur) I is included brecause of the enormous influence on Roman history of Šābuhr’s victory over, and capture of, Valerian I.